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    Mafia 2 demo runs slow with I7 qm740 and GTX460m

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Audi4ever, Dec 20, 2010.

  1. Audi4ever

    Audi4ever Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi

    No matter setting and resolution, the benchmark runs slow :confused:

    Laptop is Toshiba Qosmio X500 with i7 740 and GTX460

    Can someone help me here?

    Thanks in advance
     
    Audi4ever, Dec 20, 2010
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  2. Darkness62

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    PhysX on high? If so just go to the folder in Mafia II called Cloth and remove all but the main characters. For whatever reason all the women's dresses are PhysX enabled in game and kills performance for something barely noticeable.
     
    Darkness62, Dec 20, 2010
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    huh? you have mafia 2 demo and it's running like crap on your system? no way...
     
    jacob808, Dec 20, 2010
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    Did you get the demo from steam? Anyway I'm here on Steam and the demo says on the bottom of Other Requirements

    Initial installation requires one-time internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game)include nVidia PhysX_drivers 10.04.02_9.10.0522and nVidia GPU drivers 197.13 or latest, Steam Client and Microsoft DirectX.

    could it be that the demo somehow changed your video drivers? I'm not sure...
     
    jacob808, Dec 20, 2010
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  5. Orange Canary

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    I think this is a pretty well known thing, Im not sure about it though but people have said that the Mafia 2 demo runs slow on most things for some reason. It worked damn slow on my toshiba until I got the actual game.

    Maybe its just the coding im not sure, I can guess you can google it.
     
    Orange Canary, Dec 20, 2010
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  6. Audi4ever

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    Thats the answer i wanted, i hoped the demo was badly coded and the actually game was better.

    One more thing, the benchmark says i have my cores running at only 1.73, i thought this cpu would oc automatic
     
    Audi4ever, Dec 20, 2010
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  7. Bearclaw

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    They don't OC. They just switch to 2 core or 1 core to increase frequencies if needed.

    i.e. 1.73 at 4 cores, 2.5 at 2 cores and 2.9 at 1 core.
     
    Bearclaw, Dec 20, 2010
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  8. Audi4ever

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    Well not exactly, but then the demo was finish downloading steam was downloaded automatic.

    I probarly have the same old drivers as you have...they are dated back in july. Nvidia says it 259.12
     
    Audi4ever, Dec 20, 2010
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